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The Color of Money : Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap /

In 1863 black communities owned less than 1 percent of total U.S. wealth. Today that number has barely budged. Mehrsa Baradaran pursues this wealth gap by focusing on black banks. She challenges the myth that black banking is the solution to the racial wealth gap and argues that black communities ca...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baradaran, Mehrsa (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2018]
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Sumario:In 1863 black communities owned less than 1 percent of total U.S. wealth. Today that number has barely budged. Mehrsa Baradaran pursues this wealth gap by focusing on black banks. She challenges the myth that black banking is the solution to the racial wealth gap and argues that black communities can never accumulate wealth in a segregated economy.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (360 p.)
ISBN:9780674982284
9783110543315
Acceso:restricted access